FAC-P/PM Entry-Level Capstone Course (FPM 115)

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  • Lead and manage projects
  • Develop an acquisition plan and manage subsequent contracts and contract teams
  • Gather and document project requirements by involving key stakeholders and applying preaward strategies
  • Use tools and strategies to prepare and release clear and cost-effective solicitations
  • Prepare for source selection and avoid common pitfalls
  • Use EVM and other performance measurements to manage a contract against a baseline
  • Oversee the application of Total Life Cycle Systems Management (TLCSM) to projects to analyze the impact of EVM
Behavioral change cuts to the heart of a course work’s success. This highly interactive and application-based capstone course provides participants the opportunity to review, analyze, synthesize and apply previous courses’ concepts and develop and reinforce the FAC-P/PM competencies for the entry level. Upon completion of this course, participants understand how the different aligned skills within the FAC-P/PM program align with project management best practices to enhance the success of the federal government project manager.

During the course, participants reinforce the project manager’s roles and responsibilities in leading projects, performing contract management, developing requirements, issuing solicitations and performing source selection. Participants also learn how integrated baseline reviews, operational test and evaluation, total life cycle systems management, cost estimating and earned value management all contribute to ensuring project health.
  • Project Manager Roles and Responsibilities
    • Identify and discuss the roles and responsibilities of the project manager
    • Identify key project roles and responsibilities in the acquisition process
  • The Project Manager as a Leader
    • Importance of leadership in project management
    • Leadership competencies
    • Interpret situations to determine next/best course of action
    • Handling conflict
    • Working with a team
    • Making decisions based on strategy
    • Managing project change
  • Contract Approach
    • Discuss the roles and responsibilities of contract management during the preacquisition phase
    • Define and discuss the components of an acquisition plan
    • Negotiate for appropriate levels of support based on funding and needs
  • Prepare Requirements and Support Documentation
    • Need for accurate requirements
    • Market research to determine contractor abilities
    • Preparation of documentation
    • Pre-award activities FAR Parts 1–12
  • Prepare and Issue Solicitations
    • Summarize the process for formulating pre-award policies, FAR Parts 13-15
    • Methods for measuring financial management methods
    • Summarize contract publicizing considerations
    • Cost estimating methods
  • Performing Source Selection
    • Formulating a source selection plan
    • Ways to structure a source selection process
    • Roles and responsibilities of source selection participants
    • Common pitfalls in source selection
  • Managing a Contract
    • Managing a contract against the baseline
    • Integrated baseline review process
    • Using EVM
    • Correcting project performance
    • Operational test and evaluation process
    • Contract change analysis
  • Life Cycle Logistics
    • Life Cycle Logistics (LCL) definition
    • TLCSM definition
    • TLCSM overview
    • FAR Part 207
    • Programming, budgeting, and execution process
    • Research, development, test, and evaluation
    • Procurement
    • Operations and management
    • Funds cycle

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FAC-P/PM Entry Level Capstone Course (FPM 115)
$1845.00 (USD)
Detailed Schedule Information Sep 24 - 28, 2012 Public Classroom Washington, DC
** All times are local to where the class is held unless otherwise noted.